AMARYLLIS FAMILY 43 
1. S. herbacea L. Carrion Flower. Stem herbaceous, erect, 
simple or branched, not prickly, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves few, ovate, 
acute, and mucronate at the apex, somewhat heart-shaped at the 
base, 5-7-nerved, thin, smooth above, downy below, the upper some- 
times whorled and the lower bract-like; petiole short. Peduncles as 
long as the leaves, growing from below the petiole. Umbel many- 
flowered, flowers carrion-scented. Berry blue-black, 2-4-seeded. Dry, 
fertile soil.* 
2. S. Walteri Pursh. Green-Brier. Stem low, with few prickles, 
2-5 ft. long; branches slightly 4-angled, unarmed. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate to oval, obtuse or acute at the apex, rounded or cordate 
at the base, 5-ribbed, smooth. Peduneles flattened, about as long as 
the petioles and pedicels. Berry bright red, ripening the first year. 
Wet pine barrens.* 
3. S. rotundifolia L. Green-Brier, Cat-Brier, DoG-Brier, 
Horse-Brier, Wart-a-Brr. Stem green, strong; branchlets, and 
sometimes the branches, 4-angled, armed with stout hooked prickles. 
Leaves ovate or round-oyate, with a slightly heart-shaped base and 
an abruptly pointed tip. Berries black, with a bloom. Thickets, the 
commonest species N. E. 
4. S. glauca Walt. Green-BrierR. Stem cylindrical, slender, 
with scattered prickles, branches angled and usually without prickles. 
Leaves ovate or subcordate, pointed at the apex, mostly 5-nerved, 
smooth, white beneath, with a bloom, margin entire. Pedunele flat- 
tened, 2-3 times as long as the petiole, few-flowered. Berry black, 
3-seeded. Margin of swamps.* 
5. S. Bona-nox L. BamsBoo Vine. Stem stout, cylindrical or 
slightly angled, scurfy when young, armed with numerous stout 
prickles. Branches 4-angled, usually unarmed. Leaves triangular, 
ovate, or often halberd-shaped, 5-7-ribbed, smooth on both sides 
and often discolored; margins usually fringed with fine prickles. 
Peduncles twice as long as the petioles, flattened. Umbels many- 
flowered ; pedicels short. Berries 8-20 in a cluster, black, 1-seeded. 
In swamps and thickets.* 
11. AMARYLLIDACEZ. Amaryriis FaMILy 
Mostly smooth perennial herbs, from bulbs. Leaves basal, 
with no distinction between petiole and blade. Flowers borne 
ona scape, nearly or quite actinomorphic. Stamens 6. Style 1. 
Limb of the 6-parted, corolla-like perianth epigynous. Ovary 
3-celled. Capsule 3-celled, several-many-seeded. 
